| approach | | |
| n. (act) | 1. approach, attack, plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation.; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided" |
| ~ conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation | inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally. |
| ~ avenue | a line of approach.; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding" |
| n. (act) | 2. approach, approaching, coming | the act of drawing spatially closer to something.; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ access | the act of approaching or entering.; "he gained access to the building" |
| ~ closure, closing | approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap.; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" |
| ~ landing approach | the approach to a landing field by an airplane. |
| ~ run-up | the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. access, approach | a way of entering or leaving.; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" |
| ~ entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry | something that provides access (to get in or get out).; "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" |
| ~ way | any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
| n. (location) | 4. approach, approach path, glide path, glide slope | the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing. |
| ~ air lane, skyway, airway, flight path | a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another. |
| ~ approach pattern, traffic pattern, pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport.; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted" |
| n. (event) | 5. approach, approaching | the event of one object coming closer to another. |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| n. (communication) | 6. advance, approach, feeler, overture | a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.; "she rejected his advances" |
| ~ proffer, proposition, suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection.; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. approach, approaching, coming | the temporal property of becoming nearer in time.; "the approach of winter" |
| ~ timing | the time when something happens. |
| n. (attribute) | 8. approach | a close approximation.; "the nearest approach to genius" |
| ~ similarity | the quality of being similar. |
| n. (act) | 9. approach, approach shot | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green.; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ golf shot, golf stroke, swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it. |
| ~ chip shot, chip | (golf) a low running approach shot. |
| ~ pitch shot, pitch | a high approach shot in golf. |
| v. (motion) | 10. approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near | move towards.; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ come near, approach | come near in time.; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" |
| ~ drive up | approach while driving.; "The truck entered the driveway and drove up towards the house" |
| ~ bear down on, bear down upon | sail towards another vessel, of a ship. |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| ~ edge in, edge up | push one's way into (a space). |
| ~ close | draw near.; "The probe closed with the space station" |
| ~ crowd, push | approach a certain age or speed.; "She is pushing fifty" |
| v. (stative) | 11. approach, border on | come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character.; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz" |
| ~ approximate, come close | be close or similar.; "Her results approximate my own" |
| ~ converge | approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit. |
| v. (social) | 12. approach, go about, set about | begin to deal with.; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" |
| ~ face, face up, confront | deal with (something unpleasant) head on.; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (motion) | 13. approach, come near | come near in time.; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ get on | grow late or (of time) elapse.; "It is getting on midnight--let's all go to bed!" |
| ~ approach, draw near, near, come near, come on, draw close, go up | move towards.; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" |
| v. (communication) | 14. approach | make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion.; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters" |
| ~ hit | pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to.; "He tries to hit on women in bars" |
| ~ accost, come up to, address | speak to someone. |
| mind game | | |
| n. (act) | 1. mind game | any game designed to exercise the intellect. |
| ~ game | an amusement or pastime.; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games" |
| n. (act) | 2. mind game | deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage).; "football players try to play mind games with the opposition"; "the jeweler's mind game is to convince lovers that the size of a gemstone reflects the depth of their feelings" |
| ~ manipulation, use | exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage.; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous" |
| hustle | | |
| n. (act) | 1. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. |
| ~ sting operation | a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals). |
| ~ swindle, cheat, rig | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.; "that book is a fraud" |
| n. (act) | 2. ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir | a rapid active commotion. |
| ~ ruckus, ruction, rumpus, commotion, din, tumult | the act of making a noisy disturbance. |
| v. (motion) | 3. hustle | cause to move furtively and hurriedly.; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (motion) | 4. bustle, bustle about, hustle | move or cause to move energetically or busily.; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hasten | move fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
| v. (possession) | 5. hustle, pluck, roll | sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity. |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| v. (possession) | 6. hustle | get by trying hard.; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter" |
| ~ receive, have | get something; come into possession of.; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" |
| v. (communication) | 7. hustle | pressure or urge someone into an action. |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| talk into | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. talk into | persuade somebody to do something. |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
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